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Opened: March 15, 1956

My Fair Lady - 1956 - Broadway History , Info & More

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1681 Broadway New York, NY

Adapted from "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw

My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a well-born lady. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a hit, setting what was then the record for the longest run of any major musical theatre production in history. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and numerous revivals. It has been called "the perfect musical".

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VIDEO: Watch MY FAIR LADY's Danny Burstein Up Close in 'Get Me To the Church on Time'
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 28, 2019


There's nothing like a big Broadway dance number, and seeing one from multiple angles only increases the magic! Below, watch My Fair Lady star Danny Burstein as he performs his big Act 2 number, 'Get Me to the Church on Time' from cameras on stage, in the orchestra pit and more!

VIDEO: On This Day, March 15- MY FAIR LADY Celebrates A Loverly Opening Night On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2019


On this day in 1956, Broadway audiences fell in love with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrisonas they opened in My Fair Lady at the Mark Hellinger Theater.

ESPECIAL: MY FAIR LADY cumple 63 años
by Jose German Martinez Paneque - Mar 15, 2019


Hoy se cumplen 63 años desde que se estrenase MY FAIR LADY, uno de los clasicos de Broadway mas conocidos y con mas influencias en la cultura popular.

Porchlight Music Theatre Announces 25th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 13, 2019


Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce its 25th Anniversary season that includes the 2019 - 2020 Mainstage, Porchlight Revisits and New Faces Sing Broadway productions.. Porchlight's Mainstage and Porchlight Revisits return to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street.  

BWW Review: CHRISTINA BIANCO: WOMAN OF A THOUSAND VOICES at Baltimore Symphony SuperPops - What a Delight!
by Charles Shubow - Mar 7, 2019


When I saw the Baltimore Symphony SuperPops would be featuring vocalist Christina Bianco I had no idea what she would be like. Then I started to hear from people who actually have seen her in concert and raved about her. It became quite clear it would be necessary for me to see this musician for myself.

VIDEO: Welcome to His Home! Harry Hadden-Paton Tours Henry Higgins' House at MY FAIR LADY
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 22, 2019


Harry Hadden-Paton has grown accustomed to his home on Wimpole Street and he's giving us a tour of Michael Yeargan's Tony-nominated scenic design! Go inside Henry Higgins' home in the video below.

Way Off Broadway's 25th Anniversary Season Continues With MY FAIR LADY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2019


Currently celebrating its 25th Silver Anniversary Season, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is set to bring the most requested show by its audience members to the stage when it presents a brand new production of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical My Fair Lady. The beloved musical will be the dinner theatre's spring 2019 presentation following its area premiere production of Gilligan's Island - The Musical.

Utah Symphony Presents Lerner And Loewe's MY FAIR LADY
by BWW News Desk - Feb 15, 2019


Bring a valentine to enjoy the production of Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady" with the Utah Symphony playing the exquisite musical score in Abravanel Hall on February 15 & 16 7:30 PM. This classic Broadway hit will be performed by Broadway singers in period costumes and the Utah Symphony will play under the direction of Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Conner Gray Covington. Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.

Utah Symphony Presents Lerner And Loewe's MY FAIR LADY
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2019


Bring a valentine to enjoy the production of Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady" with the Utah Symphony playing the exquisite musical score in Abravanel Hall on February 15 & 16 7:30 PM. This classic Broadway hit will be performed by Broadway singers in period costumes and the Utah Symphony will play under the direction of Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Conner Gray Covington. Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.

Riverside Theatre Stages Classic MY FAIR LADY
by Julie Musbach - Feb 7, 2019


Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, present one of Broadway's great musicals and the Lerner and Loewe classic, My Fair Lady. Sponsored by Bill & Laura Frick and Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers Group, My Fair Lady performs on the Stark Stage from March 12-31, 2019

Theatre Tulsa Continues 96th Season With MY FAIR LADY In February
by Julie Musbach - Feb 4, 2019


Theatre Tulsa is continuing its Broadway Series of popular musicals with the classic "My Fair Lady."

Theatre Tulsa Continues 96th Season With MY FAIR LADY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2019


Theatre Tulsa is continuing its Broadway Series of popular musicals with the classic "My Fair Lady."

Review Roundup: Did the New Cast of MY FAIR LADY Have a Little Bit of Luck with the Critics?
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 28, 2019


Just yesterday, My Fair Lady held a re-opening celebration to welcome new cast members Laura Benanti, Danny Burstein, Rosemary Harris, Christian Dante White, and Clarke Thorell.

Photo Coverage: Inside The Re-Opening Celebration For MY FAIR LADY
by Walter McBride - Jan 28, 2019


My Fair Lady held a re-opening celebration yesterday to honor new cast members Laura Benanti, Danny Burstein, Rosemary Harris, Christian Dante White, and Clarke Thorell.

BWW Review: Laura Benanti Brings Fresh Maturity to Eliza in Bartlett Sher's Glorious MY FAIR LADY Revival
by Michael Dale - Jan 28, 2019


Flying in the face of the dreadful 21st Century practice of making extreme cuts and revisions to classic musicals by deceased authors in the belief that they would offend contemporary sensibilities if presented as originally written, director Bartlett Sher has spent a good part of the last two decades mounting elegant and thoughtful revivals that smooth over potential trouble spots by, believe it or not, doing what directors are assigned to do... interpret and direct.

Way Off Broadway Announces Auditions for NY FAIR LADY
by Julie Musbach - Dec 13, 2018


Currently celebrating its 25th Silver Anniversary Season, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has announced auditions for its upcoming production of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical My Fair Lady. The beloved musical will be the dinner theatre's spring 2019 presentation following its area premiere production of Gilligan's Island - The Musical at the beginning of the year.

Laura Benanti, Danny Burstein Among MY FAIR LADY Stars Set for BroadwayCon
by Julie Musbach - Nov 2, 2018


BroadwayCon announces that Lincoln Center Theater's award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady has joined the MainStage lineup. As part of MainStage programming, this exclusive panel will feature cast members Laura Benanti, Harry Hadden-Paton, Danny Burstein and Allan Corduner.

MY FAIR LADY Cast Album Will Be Released on Vinyl
by Julie Musbach - Oct 30, 2018


The 2018 Broadway Cast Recording of Lincoln Center Theater's new production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY will be released on vinyl on December 14, 2018.

Laura Benanti Begins Performances in MY FAIR LADY Tonight
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2018


Tony Award winner Laura Benanti assumes the role of Eliza Doolittle in its award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher, for a limited engagement beginning tonight, Tuesday, October 23. She is currently scheduled through Sunday, February 17.

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/17
by BWW Special - Sep 17, 2018


Welcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 9/16/2018.

BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY at Musical Theater Heritage
by Alan Portner - Sep 16, 2018


Alan Lerner and Frederick Lowe's 1956 musical megahit 'My Fair Lady' opened last weekend at Musical Theater Heritage inside its three-venue Crown Center complex with a re-imagination by Kansas City's Heidi Van. This cast is multi-racial and sensitive to the modern relative roles of men and women in today's society.

Woodside Community Theatre Presents MY FAIR LADY
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2018


Woodside Community Theatre ("WCT") is proud to present My Fair Lady, music by Frederick Loewe with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner, based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.

The MTH Theater Presents MY FAIR LADY
by Stephi Wild - Aug 26, 2018


The MTH Theater has announced casting and additional details for its upcoming production of Lerner & Loewe's masterpiece, MY FAIR LADY. Allison Jones will assume the title role of Eliza Doolittle alongside esteemed Kansas City veteran Bruce Roach, as Henry Higgins.

BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY at South Bend Civic Theatre
by Dave Kempher - Jul 24, 2018


There are shows that I believe get rave reviews, awards, and heralded as classics because, at some point, "true theatre people" aren't allowed to not like them. If you bring up Oklahoma, Hello, Dolly, or The Sound of Music, and don't fawn over it for hours, you are expected to turn in your theatre card and walk away from all conversations thereafter. My Fair Lady, as a musical, falls into this category for me.

Diana Rigg Will Depart MY FAIR LADY on September 9
by Alan Henry - Jul 18, 2018


BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony nominee Diana Rigg will depart MY FAIR LADY on Broadway on September 9. A replacement will be announced in the near future.

Other Productions of My Fair Lady

1956   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1957   US Tour 1st National Tour
US Tour
1958   West End London Production
West End
1964   Broadway City Center Revival
Broadway
1964   Regional (US) Regional Revival
Regional (US)
1968   Off-Broadway City Center Revival
Off-Broadway
1976   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
1977   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
1979   West End London Revival
West End
1981   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
1993   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
1993   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
2001   West End Royal National Theatre Production
West End
2002   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
2005   UK Tour National Tour
UK Tour
2018   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
2019   US Tour Revival Tour
US Tour
2022   West End London Production
West End
2022   US Tour US Tour
US Tour

My Fair Lady - 1956 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1976 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Ian Richardson
1976 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical George Rose
1957 Tony Awards Best Choreography Hanya Holm
1957 Tony Awards Best Conductor and Musical Director Franz Allers
1957 Tony Awards Best Costume Design Cecil Beaton
1957 Tony Awards Best Costume Design Cecil Beaton
1957 Tony Awards Best Direction Moss Hart
1957 Tony Awards Best Musical Frederick Loewe
1957 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Rex Harrison
1957 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Stanley Holloway
1957 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Robert Coote
1957 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Julie Andrews
1957 Tony Awards Best Scenic Design Oliver Smith
1957 Tony Awards Best Scenic Design Oliver Smith
1956 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Musical Frederick Loewe
1956 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Musical Alan Jay Lerner
1956 Theatre World Awards Performance John Michael King

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